Love
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. The Bible, 1. Peter 4:8 (ESV)
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Courage
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear. Mark Twain – born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from “Pudd”nhead Wilson” (Chapter XII, 1894)
Think first
The wise man ought not to think afterwards but rather to think beforehand. Oὐ μετανοεῖν ἀλλὰ προνοεῖν χρὴ τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν σοφόν. Axiopistos – Greek forger (ca. 4th century BC), who published two books under the name of the Sicilian comedy poet Epicharmus (ca. 540-460 BC), noted as “Fragmenta Pseudepicharmea...
Reward at its pinnacle
When reward is at its pinnacle, risk is near at hand. John C. Bogle – American author and founder of The Vanguard Group and the world’s first index mutual fund (1929-2019)
Be prepared
If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn”t be in stocks. John C. Bogle – American author and founder of The Vanguard Group and the world’s first index mutual fund (1929-2019)
Stock market
In the long run, the stock market is 100% economics and 0% emotions. John C. Bogle – American author and founder of The Vanguard Group and the world’s first index mutual fund (1929-2019)
Le sourire
Il est un bon moyen de se créer une âme amicale : le sourire. … Le sourire large, net. … Savoir sourire : quelle force ! Force d’apaisement, force de douceur, de calme, force de rayonnement. Guy de Larigaudie – scout et écrivain français (1908-1940), de Étoile au grand large” (postum 1943)
Passion
Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion. Simon O. Sinek – American author, speaker and optimist (b. 1973), from a “Twitter” message on 28th February 2012 (since 2023 “X”), printed in “Together is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration” (p. 105, 2016) see...
Tread by God
And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.” And he replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.” Minnie Louise Haskins – British poet and sociologist (1875-1957), from the poem “The Gate of...
Strive for the higher
As long as we entertain only good options, we will never experience God’s best. Dr. Ed Silvoso – Argentinian author, documentarian and evangelist (b. 1945), from “That None Should Perish: How to Reach Entire Cities for Christ Through Prayer Evangelism” (1994)
Good societies
Good societies can survive people doing immoral things. But a good society cannot survive if it calls immoral things moral. Dennis M. Prager – American radio talk show host and writer, founder and president of “PragerU” (b. 1948)
Memories
To be able to enjoy one”s past life is to live twice. Hoc est vivere bis vita posse priore frui. Marcus Valerius Martialis – Roman poet (c. 40-103), from “Epigrammaton libri duodecim”, book X, epigramme 23 (c. 85-103)
Work-Life-Balance
You know your life is boring when you only wear work clothes and pyjamas. Jan-David Golze – German Real Estate Enthusiast, Schwarz Group
Urgent or important
‘I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent. wisdom of a former college president, quoted by Dwight David Eisenhower – American general and politician, 1953-61 34th president (1890-1969), in his address to the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Evanston, Illinois (Augsut 19,...
Present
Especially whenever our affairs seem to be in crisis, we are almost compelled to give our first attention to the urgent present rather than to the important future. Dwight David Eisenhower – American general and politician, 1953-61 34th president (1890-1969), in his address to the Century Association (December 7, 1961)
Urgency
We need to feel a high sense of urgency. But this does not mean that we should mount our charger and try to ride off in all directions at once. Dwight David Eisenhower – American general and politician, 1953-61 34th president (1890-1969), in a radio and television address to the American people on science in national security (November 7,...
Découvrez ce qui est à l’intérieur de vous!
Plus est en vous. devise de Louis de Bruges, seigneur de Gruuthuse – noble, négociant, diplomate et mécène des arts flamand, à partir de 1461 chevaliers de l”ordre de la toison d”or (1422-1492), acquit le monopole de la taxe sur la bière à Bruges en tant qu”homme du duc de Bourgogne le duc Philippe le Bon (1396-1467)
Every coin has two sides
You may be taller than me but then you have a bigger shadow. Wang Qishan – Chinese politician, since 2018 Vice President (b. 1948), in a dialogue with Professor Klaus Schwab at the World Economic Forum in Davos (24.01.2019)
Artists
Artists are apostles of beauty. Pope Francis – born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 2013-2025 Holy Father (1936-2025), in an interview with Wim Wenders in his film “Pope Francis: A Man of His Word” (2018)
Hope
Hope is the virtue of a heart that does not close itself in darkness or remain locked in the past, but looks towards the future. Pope Francis – born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 2013-2025 Holy Father (2013-2025 Heiliger Vater (1936-2025), in a “Twitter” message from 20th September 2017 (since 2023 “X”)